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I've Been Down That Road Before Lyrics

Artist: Porter Wagoner
Album: Confessions Of A Broken Man

Now friend if you'll just listen to me you'll get some good hard earned adviceNow I don't aim to meddle in your business I'm just tryin' to save you an awful priceYou see these teeth that I ain't got and these knots on my bald headI'll guarantee you boys I didn't get them there a lyin' home in the bedNow take the smart alec in any town of him folks want no partCause he acts like his head was only made to hold his ears apartNow he might act like what I'm bout to say and my words would prob'ly make him soreBut I'm just tryin' to be helpful cause I've been down that road beforeTo bully folks and play mean tricks was once my pride and joyTill one day I was toted home and mama didn't hardly know her little boyMy head was swelled up so doggone big I couldn't get it through my front doorNow I'm not just talkin' to hear myself I've been down that road beforeA little fellow about my size got tired of being puched aboutSo he went to work and when he got thru he'd knocked every one of my teeth outOne time too many I'd rubbed him wrong and he evened up the scoreNow that's what happens when you get too big for your britchesAnd I've been down that road beforeNow when you get to thinkin' you're really smart there's somebody smarter than youAnd no matter how much you boast and brag you can still learn a thing or twoGo get you some treatments just like I've had and you won't hanker for moreI've really learned the meanin' of livin' and lovin'Cause I've been down that road beforeNow the man that walks this rocky road usually gets just what he deservesCause he's just a helpless servant to a master that he servesNow I've learned to slow my temper down and not to pick no scraps no moreBoys it's a lot easier on the head and eyes cause I've been down that road before